Psychological Grounding for Sustainable High Performance

Ashunda D. Thomas, MA, PhD.c
Psychologist & Executive Coach
Industrial-Organizational Psychology Practitioner

Evidence-informed executive advisory and leadership development designed to strengthen emotional regulation, decision quality, leadership stability, and sustainable high performance.

Ashunda D. Thomas, Psychologist and Executive Coach

The ITS Professional Performance Framework™ integrates Industrial-Organizational Psychology, executive advisory, and evidence-informed leadership development to help leaders strengthen emotional regulation, improve decision quality, navigate complexity with confidence, and build sustainable high performance.

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Prior Executive Coaching Client ExperiencesThese testimonials reflect Ashunda’s executive coaching work. The Client Self-Directed Support Program is completed independently."I feel I have some good takeaways and I was listened to and supported well by Ashunda"

"Ashunda is a great listener and helps to put my thoughts and feelings into perspective, whilst guiding and supporting me. I look forward to our calls"

"Ashunda provided such a warm, supportive space throughout my entire job application process. She gave me the room to openly share my doubts and feelings, while also equipping me with the tools and confidence I needed to move forward. I am truly grateful for her guidance"

'I appreciate Ashunda for her work and help throughout my journey a lot! She's very positive person, and I appreciate and respect that a lot about her. She always has a recommendation or resource to suggest that helps me go further into my introspection and analysis! I 'm really glad to have met her and had the chance to work with her!! Thank you a million Ashunda!!"

Psychology Informed Executive Advisory

Leadership
Should Not
Require
Exhaustion

I help executives and accomplished professionals think clearly under pressure, make sound decisions, and lead without allowing responsibility to consume their wellbeing.

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Ashunda D. Thomas, Executive Coach
Meet Ashunda

Psychological insight translated into practical action.

Ashunda D. Thomas, MA, PhD.c, is an Executive Coach and Industrial Organizational Psychology practitioner who helps experienced professionals navigate consequential decisions, organizational complexity, career transitions, and the personal weight of leadership.

Her work combines careful listening, pattern recognition, direct reflection, and practical structure. Clients often describe feeling understood quickly and leaving with greater clarity about what requires attention next.

Since 2011Coaching professionals and executives
GlobalRemote work across industries and time zones
IO psychology informedPractical support grounded in workplace psychology
Ways to Work Together

Choose support based on what you need now.

Private Professional Recalibration Intensive

For a specific, consequential challenge that requires individualized reflection, honest feedback, and strategic thought partnership.

  • Leadership decisions
  • Executive presence
  • Career transitions
  • Emotional regulation
  • Complex workplace dynamics
  • Burnout prevention

75 minutes · $1,250
A focused, whole person advisory experience.

What your intensive includes

60 minutes of focused exploration and strategic discussion, followed by 15 minutes to consolidate insights, establish priorities, and map next steps. Professional and relevant personal context can be addressed together.

Payment is required during scheduling. Review the booking terms before confirming. This is nonclinical advisory and professional development.

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Personal Support · Private Phone Sessions

Personal Support Sessions

Sometimes, you simply need a conversation that helps you find your footing.

Private, psychology informed, nonclinical support for adults navigating personal challenges, relationships, boundaries, confidence, life transitions, communication, emotional regulation, and everyday decision making.

These are focused one on one telephone conversations designed to help individuals gain perspective, identify priorities, and consider practical next steps.

Choose Your Session

30 Minute Personal Support

$60 per session

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60 Minute Personal Support

$120 per session

Book 60 Minutes · $120

Telephone only. Executive Coach Ashunda calls the client at their scheduled appointment time using the number provided at booking.

Full payment is required at booking through Calendly/Stripe. Please review the payment and scheduling terms below before booking.

Payment and scheduling terms for both sessions
  • Full payment is required at booking through Calendly/Stripe.
  • Payments are nonrefundable except where required by law.
  • One reschedule is permitted with at least 24 hours' notice, subject to availability.
  • Cancellations with less than 24 hours' notice and no shows forfeit the session fee.
  • If Executive Coach Ashunda cancels, the client may choose a full refund or reschedule.

This is nonclinical, psychology informed coaching and preventive support. It is not psychotherapy, diagnosis, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, or medical care.

Ashunda D. Thomas, MA, PhD.c
Founder, Executive Coach Ashunda LLC

Self Directed Programs

For structured independent work around a defined professional or personal development priority.

  • Interview communication
  • Leadership capacity
  • Identity and agency
  • Daily rhythm and recovery
  • Psychological grounding
  • Organizational access
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Organizations and Teams

Professional development that supports independence.

Self directed professional development for clearer leadership, steadier performance, and practical application at work. A focused development option without ongoing consulting dependence.

Interview as the Expert: 10 seats $1,755 · 25 seats $3,900 · 50 seats $6,825 · 100 seats $11,700.

To arrange access, include your organization, contact name and title, program, seats, desired start date, and invoicing requirements.

Please note: unsolicited sales or service pitches—including website services, SEO, lead generation, marketing, automation, social media management, business development, or similar vendor offerings—are not accepted and will not receive a response.

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Institutional Partnerships

Pathway Forward for High Schools

Pathway Forward is a 36 week school year program supporting high school students in agency, academic decision making, college access, career readiness, and emerging leadership.

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Self Directed Programs

Find the program for the work in front of you.

Each program addresses a distinct challenge and leads to a defined next step.

Identity and Agency

Reacquainting Yourself

Reconnect with the values, preferences, interests, and identity beneath responsibility.

Return to yourself →
Life and Leadership

The Rhythm of a Well Led Life

Create a steadier pattern across energy, attention, work, transitions, and recovery.

Build your rhythm →
Career Communication

Interview as the Expert

Communicate your expertise and judgment clearly when the stakes are high.

Prepare for the interview →
Grounded Performance

Performing in Your Expertise

Recognize imposter syndrome as a response to pressure, visibility, or transition and perform without abandoning your well being.

Perform with confidence →
Leadership Capacity

The Sustainable Leadership Workweek

Redesign meetings, decisions, focus, availability, and team rhythms.

Redesign the workweek →
Sustainable Performance

Psychological Grounding for Sustainable High Performance

Strengthen internal steadiness, emotional awareness, communication, and decision quality.

Strengthen your foundation →
Books by Ashunda

Professional Development for High Stakes Moments

Two focused guides for communicating your expertise, navigating pressure, and performing with grounded confidence.

ASHUNDA D. THOMAS, MA, PHD.C

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My Philosophy

Strong leadership begins with psychological stability.

Leadership is not measured by how much pressure you can tolerate. It is reflected in your ability to remain grounded while making complex decisions, leading people well, and sustaining excellence over time.

Client Experience

Evidence of meaningful progress.

A snapshot of tracked client activity and feedback from summer 2025 through early fall 2026.

683Sessions completed
346Clients supported
90%Better equipped
100%More motivated
90%Left with an action
9.8 to 9.9Average ratings out of 10
“I feel I have some good takeaways and I was listened to and supported well by Ashunda.”
“Ashunda is a great listener and helps to put my thoughts and feelings into perspective, whilst guiding and supporting me.”
“Ashunda provided such a warm, supportive space throughout my entire job application process.”
“She always has a recommendation or resource to suggest that helps me go further into my introspection and analysis.”
Common Questions

Choose the right starting point.

What is private executive advisory?

Individualized support for leaders navigating a consequential decision, transition, workplace dynamic, or leadership challenge.

How do I choose between executive coaching and a self directed program?

Start with the kind of support the situation requires. Executive coaching and private advisory provide individualized reflection and thought partnership around your circumstances. A self directed program provides a structured sequence you can work through independently around a defined development priority. Consider whether you need help examining a specific decision with someone or a framework you can return to and apply over time. Recenter. Regroup. Refocus.

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Which program supports confidence after I have already earned the role?

Performing in Your Expertise is designed for capable professionals whose confidence shifts under visibility, comparison, criticism, or greater responsibility. The work focuses on separating a difficult experience from a broad conclusion about professional worth and reconnecting with evidence of expertise. Interview as the Expert addresses a different moment: communicating experience and judgment during an interview or career conversation.

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What can leaders examine when the workweek depends on constant urgency?

Begin with how the work is organized: competing priorities, decision ownership, meeting demands, interruptions, and expectations of availability. Personal effort can compensate for these conditions for a while without resolving them. The Sustainable Leadership Workweek provides a structured opportunity to examine those patterns and consider practical changes to how leadership work is arranged.

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How can an organization evaluate a program before arranging access?

The Organizational Evaluation Preview offers representative learning moments and examples of how four professional development programs can apply at work. Review the program that matches your workforce priority, then identify the intended participants, seat count, desired start date, and purchasing contact. Organizational access arrangements should be confirmed before enrollment. The preview supports evaluation; it does not provide the complete curriculum.

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What does psychology informed professional development mean here?

The programs draw on Industrial Organizational Psychology to help professionals examine how pressure, workplace conditions, identity, communication, and decision making affect their experience of work. They provide educational frameworks and practical reflection for professional development. They do not provide psychotherapy, diagnosis, or clinical treatment, and participation does not guarantee a particular career or business outcome.

Are these programs therapy?

No. They are psychologically informed professional development and do not provide diagnosis, therapy, treatment, crisis services, or clinical care.

How are the programs completed?

Programs are completed independently online. Enrollment opens the first module; content is released gradually to support application. Previously released content remains available.

Your Next Step

Choose how you want to begin.

Explore the private intensive for individualized support, or find the program that addresses your current priority.

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A Cause I Support

Supporting children and families.

I am a monthly supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. If this mission speaks to you, you may support its work directly.

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Donations are made directly through St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Executive Coach Ashunda LLC does not collect or process contributions.